I saw enough to think he could ride midlengths perfectly and beautifully and better than just about everybody else. But, as he explained, particularly when surfing in front of the camera, if he did that he would feel like 'a poseur' and 'an asshole'.

Gab's 9.43.
Hard to know how many points that aerial is worth in the context.
If there was no aerial and the wave chose not to spit, it was possibly a 6.5. The barrel was not particularly long and he was never deep.

Basically, they see a bit of a boom coming with the Olympics, wavepools and more surfing interest in Asia. Plus, DHD have bought Modom, a softboard and surf accessory business. I think the money is to tool up production capacity and invest in product development and marketing in epoxy boards, softbo...

The Peahi conditions were beyond all the paddlers, but there was no shortage of ridiculous guts from the women, particularly Keala. She's great and a really good surfer. But, to put it in context, this was Keala's highest scoring wave of the day to win the title. A 2.97. http://www.worldsurfleague.c...